Finding a path through the health unit: Practical experience of ugandan patients

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-236

  Mogensen, Hanne O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical encounters; Health seeking behavior; Practice theory; Primary health care; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COGNITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UGANDA;

ADULT; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UGANDA;

EID: 23644454403     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740500182659     Document Type: Review

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